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Keyword: the creative abilities, knowledge, challenges, education, students, higher education institution
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Zamonaviy dunyoda innovatsion tadqiqotlar 1-son
Keyword: the creative abilities, knowledge, challenges, education, students, higher
education institution. Contemporary society is characterized by rapid and complex change processes encompassing all spheres of life. Creativity has been identified both as a key factor for adequately addressing the challenges caused by these changes as well as a major driving force towards knowledge creation and social and economic advancement through the development of a knowledge society. Creativity has received a high degree of attention from scholars, professionals and policy makers alike in recent years. Yet, despite the significant overall interest in the topic, so far relatively little attention has been paid in Europe on how creativity and innovation can be enhanced within and by academe The literature on creativity suggests that the definitions of the term vary considerably and seem to depend to a high degree on the contexts in which the topic is discussed. In line with this, all four project networks agreed that no simple or “one-size-fits-all” definition of creativity in higher education is possible. Yet the network reports also indicate that the discussions on possible definitions were very fruitful insofar as they provided an important starting point for identifying a number of dimensions of creativity. All networks struggled with the question of how to identify good practices related to the project topic, i.e. how to distinguish between manifestations of creativity and activities that are merely worthwhile or relevant. This difficulty was obviously closely connected with the overall difficulty of defining creativity but all networks eventually succeeded and identified a range of good practices through the explicit and implicit identification of core characteristics for creativity in higher education. Thus, as had been hoped, the diversity of projects partners in terms of their respective institutional missions, disciplinary foci, cultural and national/regional backgrounds certainly seems to have assisted them in understanding the concept of creativity by allowing for the identification of common denominators or core characteristics. Diversity in terms of e.g. talents, interests, previous qualifications, experience and social backgrounds was identified as a crucial factor for fostering creativity among students and staff. Both research and teaching teams may profit from a diversity of disciplinary foci among its members. Cooperation with external partners provides HEIs(Higher education institutions) with the opportunity to benefit from expertise not found within the institution and from the creative mix of “insiders” and “outsiders”. As noted earlier, the four networks in the Creativity Project had been composed of institutions reflecting a wide range of missions, disciplinary foci and geographical distribution. All four network reports suggest that the project partners were very much aware of their diversity and the challenges this presented them with. However, they also appreciated the opportunity for exchange with partners with whom they otherwise would not have had much contact and saw the benefits of working with a diverse group on the topic |
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